Europe ‘should crush Putin economically’, Slovakia’s PM tells FRANCE 24
30 March 2022 |
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One month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FRANCE 24 speaks to Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger, as his country takes in tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees and prepares to host a NATO battlegroup for the first time.
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